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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -precative-, *precative*
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English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
deprecative(เดพ'ระเคทิฟว) adj. ซึ่งคัดค้าน, ซึ่งติเตียน, ซึ่งดูถูก, Syn. deprecatory

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Precatory

{ } a. [ L. precativus, precatorius, fr. precari to pray. See Precarious. ] Suppliant; beseeching. Bp. Hopkins. [ 1913 Webster ]


Precatory words (Law), words of recommendation, request, entreaty, wish, or expectation, employed in wills, as distinguished from express directions; -- in some cases creating a trust. Jarman.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Precative
Deprecative

a. [ L. deprecativus: cf. F. déprécatif. ] Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- belittling, derogatory, pejorative, disparaging, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, denigratory, uncomplimentary. [ PJC ]

-- Dep"re*ca*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
deprecative(เดพ'ระเคทิฟว) adj. ซึ่งคัดค้าน, ซึ่งติเตียน, ซึ่งดูถูก, Syn. deprecatory

WordNet (3.0)
deprecative(adj) given to expressing disapproval
deprecatively(adv) in a deprecative manner
belittling(adj) tending to diminish or disparage, Syn. slighting, depreciative, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciatory
precatory(adj) expressing entreaty or supplication, Syn. precative

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Deprecative

a. [ L. deprecativus: cf. F. déprécatif. ] Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- belittling, derogatory, pejorative, disparaging, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, denigratory, uncomplimentary. [ PJC ]

-- Dep"re*ca*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Precatory

{ } a. [ L. precativus, precatorius, fr. precari to pray. See Precarious. ] Suppliant; beseeching. Bp. Hopkins. [ 1913 Webster ]


Precatory words (Law), words of recommendation, request, entreaty, wish, or expectation, employed in wills, as distinguished from express directions; -- in some cases creating a trust. Jarman.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Precative

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
abwertend { adj }deprecative [Add to Longdo]

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